SKR8PN
Late For Supper
At least mine were!!! Last season, I was offered a whole roll of concrete reinforcing wire, because it had been setting outside and was a little bit rusty. 
Free is always good.....so now, what the heck can I use this stuff for.......it is very stiff wire fencing that is 4 feet wide......tough as nails to cut or try to work with...... Hmmmmmm lemme grab a beer and think about this for minute or 3.
I cut just one piece off the roll, and made it 10 sections or "windows" long. Then I cut the one side rail off, leaving the "stubs" , and then took a pair of pliers and started to bend the "stubs" around..... like so.....
I also cut the rail off the bottom and left those stubs, so you have something to stick in the ground.
Next, just roll the cage together and hook those bent stubs over the other side and finish bending them around so they lock the cage together.
When I planted my 'maters, I placed sections of newspaper around the plant,then just stick the bottom stubs in the ground going right through the papers to hold them in place. Instant mulch and weed control!! Next, I drove some fence stakes in the ground beside the new cages and used nylon tie straps to hold the cages to the stakes.
At the end of the season, just cut the tie straps, pull the fence stakes out, then lift the cage plant and all out and shake the snot out of it to get the old tomato plant out. Easy peasy!!
For storage, I just stack the cages up outside until next spring. At the rate these things are going, they should last another 5 to 10 years. The wire they use to make this stuff is VERY HEAVY!!
If I can scrounge some more of this stuff up, I may try to make some shorter cages for the pepper plants. I figure about half the width of a roll would be just about perfect!!
Free is always good.....so now, what the heck can I use this stuff for.......it is very stiff wire fencing that is 4 feet wide......tough as nails to cut or try to work with...... Hmmmmmm lemme grab a beer and think about this for minute or 3.I cut just one piece off the roll, and made it 10 sections or "windows" long. Then I cut the one side rail off, leaving the "stubs" , and then took a pair of pliers and started to bend the "stubs" around..... like so.....
I also cut the rail off the bottom and left those stubs, so you have something to stick in the ground.
Next, just roll the cage together and hook those bent stubs over the other side and finish bending them around so they lock the cage together.
When I planted my 'maters, I placed sections of newspaper around the plant,then just stick the bottom stubs in the ground going right through the papers to hold them in place. Instant mulch and weed control!! Next, I drove some fence stakes in the ground beside the new cages and used nylon tie straps to hold the cages to the stakes.
At the end of the season, just cut the tie straps, pull the fence stakes out, then lift the cage plant and all out and shake the snot out of it to get the old tomato plant out. Easy peasy!!
For storage, I just stack the cages up outside until next spring. At the rate these things are going, they should last another 5 to 10 years. The wire they use to make this stuff is VERY HEAVY!!
If I can scrounge some more of this stuff up, I may try to make some shorter cages for the pepper plants. I figure about half the width of a roll would be just about perfect!!
